What is the Linux Router Project Materhorn?
The Linux Router Project – Materhorn is a small signature (floppy based) distribution of linux suitable for creating a firewall or router. It’s origin can be traced to the original LRP that is based on the 2.036 kernel whereas Materhorn is based on the 2.2.13 kernel. It has proven itself to be very reliable, robust, and extremely fast since it runs exclusively in ramdisk. It has been known to put many so called ‘Commercial’ products to shame in both areas of versatility as well as security. Ever noticed how the commercial routers as well as firewall vendors often add secure access management as a afterthought. Then they tend to use proprietary, obfuscated methodologies designed it seems more to confuse? Materhorn leverages recognized secure access methods that have been ‘publically’ and widely scrutinized. It requires little in the way of hardware since it is know to run reasonable well from the author’s experience in less that 7.5 Meg of ram. Whereas for serious use any x86 computer w
